Update: Anoop has launched a fundraiser to support his “Zero” project. You can go hear and learn more. For an $8,000 donation, he’ll even “get to know you and write a song inspired by you” for Zero.1 or Zero.2. That’s right, this “Zero” project is going to be a trilogy, meaning there will be two…
OK, I already covered the big music chart news of the week — the fact that the “Don’t You Want To Stay” duet by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson has reached number one on the country singles chart. But there’s good news for new Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, too. Her new single “On the Floor”…
Exciting news for Danny Gokey fans, because he can’t get much better exposure than this. The third-place finisher from season eight announced today that he’ll be one of the opening acts for Taylor Swift on some dates of her “Speak Now” world tour. And some tour it promises to be. U.S. and Canada dates begin…
Update: As of 7:30 p.m. Sunday EST, Scotty McCreery has taken over the Twitter follower lead with more than 12,500. The only other contestant to top 10,000 at that point was Paul McDonald with about 10,950. Rounding out the list: 3) Casey Abrams with about 9,250; 4) Lauren Alaina with about 9,000; 5) Thia Megia…
Random reflections on the American Idol semifinals … 1. Did the semifinal contestants seem surprisingly self-assured on the Idol stage this week? I thought so. I mean, I remember back to Season 8 when a bad case of stage fright clearly spelled the demise of Stevie Wright and some of that season’s other teen contestants….
As usual, FOX threw a party for its new finalists after Thursday’s episode. Here are photos from the event, supplied by The Associated Press and FOX.
The American Idol finals begin next week, and the show will celebrate by bringing back one of its most celebrated recent contestants, Adam Lambert. An Adam performance will be featured on Thursday’s results show, Idol announced this morning. Also featured will be a performance by Diddy-Dirty Money, who will be joined by Skylar Grey. All…
Job well done, Idol viewers. Job well done, Idol judges. I’m not thrilled with every choice in the final 13. But most of the picks were dead on. And they create the potential for a very special Season 10. Plus a salute to Idol producers, who pulled off a very entertaining two-hour results show. Now…
Big night, huh? We learn the identity of the five guys and five ladies viewers have voted into the finals. We learn the identity of the three wild card choices by the judges. And, somehow, Idol is going to stretch that into a two-hour program. Of course, there is that Jennifer Lopez video to watch….
In a conference call a couple of weeks ago, Nigel Lythgoe said Randy Jackson had become an anchor of the new American Idol judging panel. That he was saying more than “dawg” these days. My reaction: Let’s wait and see what happens when the performance shows start. Well, they started Tuesday night. And not only…
